True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice - A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.

While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.

See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.

People would want to get safe and come to Christ because they see the evidence in your life not because you quote the scriptures to them.

I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever.

My children were all made from paper and printer's ink.

I have found that I have no unusual endowments of intellect, but this day I resolve that I will be an uncommon Christian.

I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.'

The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?

The women that I met were exceptional, extraordinary - tremendous purity, tremendous gentleness, self-giving and power.

But the velocities of the velocities - the second, third, fourth, and fifth velocities, etc. - exceed, if I mistake not, all human understanding.

You fiddle lucker!' she cried.

I've been dating a lot. I've met some very interesting people, and I've had some horrible blind dates.